Adapid group / Adapid= extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs

Omomyid group / Omomyid= extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers

Phycomycetes group / Phycomycetes= a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota

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Taxonomic category). High volume spraying: The application of pesticides in
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Taxonomic Category: Designates rank or level in a hierarchic classification.
Various taxonomically defined groups, also called taxa, are recognized amongst
the insects. The basic biological taxon lying above the individual and population
is ...

by Colin Mackerras, Foundation Professor in the School of Asian and International Studies Colin Mackerras, Donald H. McMillen, Andrew Watson, Royal Society Research Professor at the University of East Anglia Andrew Watson

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them, the 'region' is merely a taxonomic category for dividing up the national
space. There would be different types of regions depending on the criteria used.

Other taxonomists argue that only through the elimination of the Linnaean system
of categories can we eliminate the possibility of attaching undue significance to
the taxonomic category to which a species is assigned. See also SYSTEMATIC ...

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